Display stand



April 17, 1934.

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April 17, 1934. Q E, KARNES 1,954,935.

DISPLAY STAND I Filed Aug. l, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 17,1.934

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE 7 Claims.

This invention relates to display stands and the like. It has for one ofits specific objects the provision of a new and improved means wherebyshelves may be quickly and easily mounted on a supporting post invarious positions with respect to each other, to accommodate articles of'different sizes, without the use of tools and by unskilled persons.

lAnother specific object is to provide a post and a shelf bracketcomprising very few parts that may be cheaply manufactured and that willserve to strongly support the shelves on which the articles are placed.

The preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated by theaccompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view illustratingthe union of the post and two brackets in one embodiment; Fig. 2, avertical section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a horizontalsection on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a horizontal sectionillustrating the union of the one bracket and the post in anotherembodiment; Fig. 5, a fragmentary side view illustrating the union ofone bracket and the post in another embodiment; Fig. 6, a fragmentaryhorizontal sectional view illustrating the union of two brackets and thepost in another embodiment; Fig. 7, a horizontal sectional viewillustrating the union of one bracket and the post in anotherembodiment; Fig. 8, a fragmentary sectional elevation of the embodimentshown by Fig. 7; Fig. 9, a vertical sectional view on the line 9 9 ofFig. 1; and Fig. 10, an elevation of a display stand with a number ofbrackets and shelves mounted thereon.

Referring to Fig. 10 of the drawings, it will be seen that the displaystand has an upright post 1, having therein a plurality of verticallyspaced openings 2, for the reception of the pins which support thebrackets. The shelves 3, 4, 5 and 6 may thereby be placed at differentrelative elevations to accommodate articles of various sizes.

Referring to the embodiment illustrated by Figs. 1 to 3 and 9, the shelfbracket '7 comprises a single piece of metal bent into a substantiallyrectangular shape and having hooked arms 8, and shoulders 9. The arms 8are adapted to be inserted between the bars 10 of the post intoengagement with the pin 11, to bear upwardly and outwardly against thelatter. The shoulders 9, are adapted to bear downwardly and inwardly twithin the latter. The meeting ends of two shelves 12 may be joined byplacing the plates 13 thereof in the bracket 7 as shown by Fig. 9. Theembodiment shown in Fig. 4 is substantially the same as that justdescribed, except that each of the hooked arms 14 of the bracket 15-rest against the post bars 10.

y In the embodiment shown by Fig. 5, the hooked arms 16 extend upwardlyand inwardly toward the post into engagement with the pin 11, to hold'c5 bracket 17 in a position at substantially a right angle to the post10.

In Fig. 6, the brackets 18 have shoulders formed by end bars 19, and areprovided with arms 20, that embrace the post 21, and engage the pin 22.y0 In this embodiment, as in the other embodiment, the arms 20, bearupwardly and outwardly against the pin 22, and the shoulders 19 beardownwardly and inwardly against the post 20.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the arms 22 of the bracket 23extend at substantially a right angle to the post 24, to engage the pin25, and the bracket 23 itself extends downwardly and outwardly from thepost 24, to support the shelf 26, which has outwardly and downwardlypresented extension, 26-A, to support the articles thereon.

It will be obvious that in each embodiment the bracket mounted is on andremoved from the post, as a unit; that the parts may be cheaplymanufactured and easily assembled without the use of tools; and thatwhen assembled the parts afford a strong support for the shelves whichmay be placed in various relative positions to afford the desireddisplay of the articles, and to make them easily accessible.

I claim:

1. In a display stand, the combination with a post comprising a pair ofspaced upright bars, and a pin disposed transversely of and supported bysaid post of a shelf bracket comprising a single piece of metal bentinto a substantially rectangular shape and having hooked arms insertablebetween said bars into engagement with said pin to bear upwardly andoutwardly against said pin, and having shoulders adjacent said arms tobear inwardly and downwardly against said bars.

2. In a display stand, the combination with a post comprising a pair ofspaced upright bars, and a pin disposed transversely of and supported bysaid post, of a pair of shelf brackets, each comprising a single pieceof metal bent into a substantially rectangular shape and having hookedarms insertable between said bars into A engagement with said pin tobear upwardly and outwardly against said pin, and having shouldersadjacent said arms to bear inwardly and downwardly against said bars,each arm of each of said brackets fitting snugly and transverselyagainst one arm of the other of said brackets, and said brackets beinginterchangeable.

3. In a display stand, the combination with a post, and a pin disposedtransversely of and supported by said post, of a shelf bracketcomprising a single piece of metal bent into a substantially rectangularshape and having hooked arms to extend upwardly and inwardly toward saidpost to engage said pin and to bear upwardly and outwardly against saidpin, and having shoulders to bear downwardly and inwardly against saidpost to support said bracket at substantially a right angle to saidpost.

4. In a display stand, the combination with a. post, and a pin disposedtransversely of and supported by said post, of a shelf bracketcomprising a single piece of metal bent into a substantially rectangularshape and having hooked arms to extend substantially at a right angle tosaid post to engage said pin and to bear upwardly and outwardly againstsaid pin, and shoulders to bear downwardly and inwardly against saidpost, to support said bracket in a position extending outwardly anddownwardly from said post.

5. In a display stand, the combination with a post and a pin disposedtransversely of and supported by said post, of a shelf bracket havinghooked arms to engage and bear upwardly and outwardly against said pinand shoulders to bear downwardly and inwardly against said post, saidbracket being mountable on and removable from said post as a unit.

6. In a display stand, the combination with a post and a pin disposedtransversely of and supported by said post, of a pair of shelf bracketsonopposite sides of said post, each of said brackets having hooked armsto engage and bear upwardly and outwardly against said pin and shouldersand to bear inwardly and downwardly against said post, and beingmountable on and removable from said post as a unit, the arms of saidbrackets being constructed and arranged to lie side by side, and saidbrackets being interchangeable.

7. In a display stand, the combination with a post and a pin supportedby and projecting transversely from opposite sides of said post of ashelf bracket comprising a single piece of metal bent into asubstantially rectangular shape to bear inwardly and downwardly againstsaid post, and having hooked .arms to embrace said post and to engageand bear upwardly and outwardly against said pin.

ORIN E. KARNES.

